Day 10/24 - Resistance Band Advent Calendar : Romanian Deadlift

[CBDB]

Resistance Band Advent Calendar Challenge

Day 10/24 

This one is for your shoulders (purple), and B for beginners … so no excuses. This is also an easy one to amend into a dumbbells deadlift.  

10 REPETITIONS   

youtu.be/eFBYZk91B54(Not working as expected?) 

[ChannelRunner2]

Ah, yes! I could do this again with a heavy Theraband! This felt really nice, though I am not quite sure why that's a should exercise - I felt it more in my hamstrings...

I think it's supposed to also, see: youtu.be/4usyq_IHdkg?t=76(Not working as expected?)

(Yes, of course, I had to geek out a bit again 🙃 though I only watched the biomechanics part of the video...)

I know the guy's feet aren't that important but they keep cutting them off in videos! This is the second time I've noticed that... 🤣

[ChannelRunner2 in reply to ChannelRunner2]

More geeky stuff (so you don't have to look it up in case you were wondering, too):

The name!

* The deadlift part is supposed to come from lifting up a dead weight... and it's really old... Here's more on the history: barbend.com/deadlift-history/

* The Romanian part comes from the Romanian weightlifter Nicu Vlad who apparently developed this variation (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadl... )

(And yes, it's -1°C here, so I am procrastinating going outside 😆)

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to ChannelRunner2]

How fascinating!!! We had a good laugh, hubby and me, of 17th and 18th century “weightlifting machines”! Thank you!

Yes, I wondered also about the shoulder part.

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold]

Redid the last three days just now, as a warmup to a rowing session. (I only got to do them really quickly before bedtime, but didn’t really “feel” myself into them, as I was so tired.)

Redoing them again, and attending to what muscle I feel are working hard, is interesting. Specifically this deadlift, as I can see how shoulders might be involved, especially if straightening all the way up and pushing shoulders back in standing pose to then move forwards again.

But as ChannelRunner2 has pointed out, the deadlift has nuances, and exploring those nuances allows one to experience how different slight changes affect the muscles used. Straighter or more bent legs? Distance between legs? More hinging or not squatting? Lifting more from the lower hinged back or from legs?

There is a lot to this little movement.